In case it wasn’t already clear, the insurgent freshmen who promised bold and uncompromising action, uninterested in and unbowed by the strictures of the status quo, are showing no signs of wavering. They appear determined to push their party to the left, even as more experienced lawmakers fear that their antics and programs could divide the party and empower Republicans. “You don’t want to hand the gun for the other side to shoot you with.”The 2019 freshmen are hardly the first incoming class to come in swinging. This new class has deeper ideological divisions, but its liberal wing is in the spotlight, thanks to the iPhone video-Instagram generation that powered its ascent. Ms. Pelosi has curtailed many of the insurgent progressives’ demands.

Source: New York Times January 06, 2019 09:56 UTC